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Daily Logic Puzzles: Wednesday, October 28, 2026

The four Logic Dogs daily puzzles from October 28, with every clue written out, a step-by-step walkthrough, and the final answer.

Each puzzle is a row of locations (Park, Beach, Trail, and so on). Every location holds exactly one item from each category, and the clues tell you how the items relate. Try a puzzle in the game first and open the walkthrough if you get stuck; solutions stay hidden until you click. The longest walkthrough on this date is the 6x6 Hard puzzle, at 47 steps. Difficulty ratings compare each puzzle with every other puzzle of the same size and level, and the hardest daily puzzles so far have their own page. New to these puzzles? Read how to solve logic grid puzzles or the guide to every clue type.

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4x4 Easy: Puzzle #1029

7 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 14 solving steps.

●●●●○ Difficulty 4/5: harder than 70% of all 2,500 4x4 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Left of, Next to, Same location, At a location.

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The setup

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

• Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
• Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
• Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
• Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4
Dogs		Akita
Instruments			Guitar
Junk Food
Sports			Tennis Ball

Clues

1. The tuba music is left of the cattle dog
2. The guitar music is next to the border collie
3. The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers
4. One dog is playing tuba and eating hot dogs
5. The donut stand is left of the baseball game
6. Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the park
7. The baseball game is at the lake

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Akita at the Beach, Tennis Ball at the Trail, Guitar at the Trail.
2. Clue 6: “Someone heard a dog playing clarinet at the park” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
3. Clue 7: “The baseball game is at the lake” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
4. Clue 1: “The tuba music is left of the cattle dog” Given what we know so far, Tuba must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments; Cattle Dog can't be at the Park.
5. Only one location is left open. Trumpet goes at the Lake.
6. Clue 2: “The guitar music is next to the border collie” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs.
7. Only one location is left open. Cattle Dog goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
8. Only one location is left open. Golden Retriever goes at the Park.
9. Clue 3: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Hamburger can't be at the Trail or Lake.
10. Clue 4: “One dog is playing tuba and eating hot dogs” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
11. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
12. Clue 3: “The dog playing hockey likes to eat hamburgers” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
13. Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Beach.
14. Clue 5: “The donut stand is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.

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	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4
Dogs	Golden Retriever	Akita	Cattle Dog	Border Collie
Instruments	Clarinet	Tuba	Guitar	Trumpet
Junk Food	Hamburger	Hot Dog	Donut	Ice Cream
Sports	Puck	Ping Pong	Tennis Ball	Baseball

4x4 Hard: Puzzle #1029

6 clues, 3 pre-filled squares, 15 solving steps.

●●○○○ Difficulty 2/5: easier than 58% of all 2,500 4x4 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Not at the far right, At least N apart, In order, left to right, Equidistant, Same location, Next to.

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The setup

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

• Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever
• Instruments: Clarinet, Guitar, Trumpet, Tuba
• Junk Food: Donut, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream
• Sports: Baseball, Ping Pong, Puck, Tennis Ball

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4
Dogs			Border Collie
Instruments				Guitar
Junk Food
Sports		Tennis Ball

Clues

1. None of the dogs are playing ping pong at the lake
2. The clarinet music and the ping pong game are at least 2 locations apart
3. The cattle dog is left of the trumpet music, is left of the hot dog stand
4. The hockey game is equidistant from the golden retriever and the trumpet music
5. The dog playing ping pong likes to eat donuts
6. The trumpet music is next to the ice cream stand

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Tennis Ball at the Beach, Border Collie at the Trail, Guitar at the Lake.
2. Clue 1: “None of the dogs are playing ping pong at the lake” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong can't be at the Lake.
3. Clue 2: “The clarinet music and the ping pong game are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach.
4. Clue 5: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut can't be at the Beach or Lake.
5. Clue 3: “The cattle dog is left of the trumpet music, is left of the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Lake; Trumpet can't be at the Park; Hot Dog can't be at the Park or Beach.
6. Clue 4: “The hockey game is equidistant from the golden retriever and the trumpet music” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other dogs; Puck must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports; Trumpet must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
7. Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
8. Only one location is left open. Baseball goes at the Lake.
9. Clue 2: “The clarinet music and the ping pong game are at least 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
10. Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Park.
11. Clue 5: “The dog playing ping pong likes to eat donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
12. Clue 6: “The trumpet music is next to the ice cream stand” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
13. Only one location is left open. Hot Dog goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
14. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Beach.
15. Clue 3: “The cattle dog is left of the trumpet music, is left of the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.

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	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4
Dogs	Cattle Dog	Akita	Border Collie	Golden Retriever
Instruments	Tuba	Trumpet	Clarinet	Guitar
Junk Food	Donut	Hamburger	Ice Cream	Hot Dog
Sports	Ping Pong	Tennis Ball	Puck	Baseball

6x6 Easy: Puzzle #1029

21 clues, 4 pre-filled squares, 36 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 86% of all 2,500 6x6 Easy puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: At the far right, Same location, Different locations, Next to, At a location.

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The setup

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

• Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever, Lab Mix, Sheltie
• Flowers: Chrysanthemum, Cosmo, Dahlia, Iris, Poppy, Zinnia
• Instruments: Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Tuba
• Junk Food: Donut, French Fries, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream, Pizza
• Sports: Baseball, Football, Ping Pong, Puck, Soccer Ball, Tennis Ball
• Vegetables: Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Garlic, Pepper, Turnip

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs
Flowers			Dahlia
Instruments		Guitar
Junk Food						Ice Cream
Sports				Soccer Ball
Vegetables

Clues

1. The cattle dog is having a walk at the farm
2. Someone heard a dog playing piano at the farm
3. The iris garden and the carrot patch are at the same location
4. The hamburger stand and the pepper patch are at the same location
5. The pepper patch and the football game are at the same location
6. The sheltie plays the saxophone
7. Someone is playing saxophone at the ping pong game
8. The hockey game and the turnip patch are at the same location
9. The chrysanthemum garden and the hamburger stand are not at the same location
10. The guitar music is next to the lab mix
11. The garlic patch is next to the pizza stand
12. The golden retriever is playing football
13. The flute music could be heard next to the broccoli patch
14. The sheltie and the cosmo garden are at the same location
15. The poppy garden and the border collie are at the same location
16. Someone is playing clarinet at the football game
17. The baseball game and the garlic patch are at the same location
18. The donut stand is at the beach
19. The baseball game is at the trail
20. The hot dog stand is at the snow
21. The cabbage patch is at the farm

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Guitar at the Beach, Dahlia at the Trail, Ice Cream at the Farm, Soccer Ball at the Lake.
2. Clue 1: “The cattle dog is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
3. Clue 2: “Someone heard a dog playing piano at the farm” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
4. Clue 18: “The donut stand is at the beach” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
5. Clue 19: “The baseball game is at the trail” Given what we know so far, Baseball must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
6. Clue 20: “The hot dog stand is at the snow” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
7. Clue 21: “The cabbage patch is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Cabbage must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
8. Clue 3: “The iris garden and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Farm; Carrot can't be at the Trail.
9. Clue 4: “The hamburger stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Beach or Snow.
10. Clue 5: “The pepper patch and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other vegetables; Football must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
11. Clue 3: “The iris garden and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Park.
12. Clue 4: “The hamburger stand and the pepper patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Hamburger must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other junk food.
13. Clue 6: “The sheltie plays the saxophone” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Beach.
14. Clue 7: “Someone is playing saxophone at the ping pong game” Given what we know so far, Ping Pong must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other sports; Saxophone must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments.
15. Clue 6: “The sheltie plays the saxophone” Given what we know so far, Sheltie must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
16. Clue 8: “The hockey game and the turnip patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports; Turnip must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
17. Only one location is left open. Tennis Ball goes at the Farm.
18. Clue 3: “The iris garden and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Iris can't be at the Beach.
19. Clue 9: “The chrysanthemum garden and the hamburger stand are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Park.
20. Clue 10: “The guitar music is next to the lab mix” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix can't be at the Beach or Lake.
21. Clue 12: “The golden retriever is playing football” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.
22. Only one location is left open. Lab Mix goes at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
23. Clue 13: “The flute music could be heard next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Flute can't be at the Park.
24. Clue 14: “The sheltie and the cosmo garden are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
25. Only one location is left open. Iris goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other flowers.
26. Clue 3: “The iris garden and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
27. Clue 11: “The garlic patch is next to the pizza stand” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
28. Only one location is left open. French Fries goes at the Trail.
29. Clue 13: “The flute music could be heard next to the broccoli patch” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
30. Clue 15: “The poppy garden and the border collie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Poppy must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers; Border Collie must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
31. Only one location is left open. Akita goes at the Lake.
32. Only one location is left open. Chrysanthemum goes at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
33. Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Park.
34. Clue 16: “Someone is playing clarinet at the football game” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other instruments.
35. Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Trail.
36. Clue 17: “The baseball game and the garlic patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other vegetables.

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	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs	Golden Retriever	Border Collie	Lab Mix	Akita	Sheltie	Cattle Dog
Flowers	Zinnia	Poppy	Dahlia	Iris	Cosmo	Chrysanthemum
Instruments	Clarinet	Guitar	Tuba	Flute	Saxophone	Piano
Junk Food	Hamburger	Donut	French Fries	Pizza	Hot Dog	Ice Cream
Sports	Football	Puck	Baseball	Soccer Ball	Ping Pong	Tennis Ball
Vegetables	Pepper	Turnip	Garlic	Carrot	Broccoli	Cabbage

6x6 Hard: Puzzle #1029

23 clues, 2 pre-filled squares, 47 solving steps.

●○○○○ Difficulty 1/5: easier than 87% of all 2,500 6x6 Hard puzzles, measured by the length of the walkthrough.

Clue types in this puzzle: Farther from, Next to, At the far right, In order, left to right, Different locations, Same location, Equidistant, Two locations between, At most N apart, Left of.

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The setup

Every location gets exactly one item from each category:

• Dogs: Akita, Border Collie, Cattle Dog, Golden Retriever, Lab Mix, Sheltie
• Flowers: Chrysanthemum, Cosmo, Dahlia, Iris, Poppy, Zinnia
• Instruments: Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Tuba
• Junk Food: Donut, French Fries, Hamburger, Hot Dog, Ice Cream, Pizza
• Sports: Baseball, Football, Ping Pong, Puck, Soccer Ball, Tennis Ball
• Vegetables: Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Garlic, Pepper, Turnip

	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs
Flowers	Poppy
Instruments
Junk Food
Sports
Vegetables			Turnip

Clues

1. The clarinet music is farther from the border collie than from the chrysanthemum garden
2. The cattle dog is next to the hot dog stand
3. The pizza stand is at the farm
4. The poppy garden is left of the guitar music, is left of the tennis game
5. The pepper patch and the soccer game are not at the same location
6. The chrysanthemum garden and the sheltie are at the same location
7. The flute music is equidistant from the cosmo garden and the tennis game
8. The cattle dog is next to the french fries stand
9. The poppy garden and the hockey game are at the same location
10. The border collie is left of the pepper patch, is left of the baseball game
11. The sheltie and the zinnia garden have two locations between them
12. The golden retriever plays the flute
13. The lab mix is having a walk at the farm
14. Someone heard a dog playing piano at the farm
15. The french fries stand and the pepper patch have two locations between them
16. The ice cream stand is next to the saxophone music
17. Cosmos are growing at the farm
18. The garlic patch and the saxophone music are at most 2 locations apart
19. The turnip patch and the football game are at the same location
20. The baseball game and the carrot patch are at the same location
21. The golden retriever likes eating donuts
22. The cattle dog plays the clarinet
23. The iris garden is left of the cabbage patch

Show the step-by-step solution

1. Start with the pre-filled squares: Poppy at the Park, Turnip at the Trail.
2. Clue 3: “The pizza stand is at the farm” Given what we know so far, Pizza must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other junk food.
3. Clue 13: “The lab mix is having a walk at the farm” Given what we know so far, Lab Mix must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other dogs.
4. Clue 14: “Someone heard a dog playing piano at the farm” Given what we know so far, Piano must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other instruments.
5. Clue 17: “Cosmos are growing at the farm” Given what we know so far, Cosmo must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other flowers.
6. Clue 6: “The chrysanthemum garden and the sheltie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Park.
7. Clue 9: “The poppy garden and the hockey game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Puck must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other sports.
8. Clue 11: “The sheltie and the zinnia garden have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Sheltie can't be at the Trail or Lake; Zinnia can't be at the Trail or Lake.
9. Clue 6: “The chrysanthemum garden and the sheltie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum can't be at the Trail or Lake.
10. Clue 19: “The turnip patch and the football game are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Football must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other sports.
11. Clue 20: “The baseball game and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Park.
12. Clue 23: “The iris garden is left of the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Cabbage can't be at the Park or Beach.
13. Clue 4: “The poppy garden is left of the guitar music, is left of the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Park; Tennis Ball can't be at the Beach.
14. Clue 7: “The flute music is equidistant from the cosmo garden and the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Flute must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other instruments; Tennis Ball must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other sports.
15. Clue 12: “The golden retriever plays the flute” Given what we know so far, Golden Retriever must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other dogs.
16. Only one location is left open. Sheltie goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other dogs.
17. Clue 2: “The cattle dog is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog can't be at the Park.
18. Clue 6: “The chrysanthemum garden and the sheltie are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Chrysanthemum must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other flowers.
19. Only one location is left open. Zinnia goes at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other flowers.
20. Clue 8: “The cattle dog is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, French Fries can't be at the Park.
21. Clue 15: “The french fries stand and the pepper patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Lake.
22. Clue 20: “The baseball game and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot can't be at the Lake.
23. Clue 21: “The golden retriever likes eating donuts” Given what we know so far, Donut must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other junk food.
24. Clue 15: “The french fries stand and the pepper patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, Pepper can't be at the Beach.
25. Clue 22: “The cattle dog plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Clarinet can't be at the Beach.
26. Clue 4: “The poppy garden is left of the guitar music, is left of the tennis game” Given what we know so far, Guitar can't be at the Lake.
27. Clue 10: “The border collie is left of the pepper patch, is left of the baseball game” Given what we know so far, Pepper must be at the Snow, which rules out the Snow for the other vegetables; Baseball must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other sports.
28. Clue 5: “The pepper patch and the soccer game are not at the same location” Given what we know so far, Soccer Ball must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other sports.
29. Only one location is left open. Ping Pong goes at the Snow.
30. Clue 15: “The french fries stand and the pepper patch have two locations between them” Given what we know so far, French Fries must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other junk food.
31. Clue 2: “The cattle dog is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog can't be at the Park.
32. Clue 8: “The cattle dog is next to the french fries stand” Given what we know so far, Cattle Dog must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other dogs.
33. Clue 2: “The cattle dog is next to the hot dog stand” Given what we know so far, Hot Dog must be at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other junk food.
34. Clue 16: “The ice cream stand is next to the saxophone music” Given what we know so far, Saxophone can't be at the Park or Trail.
35. Clue 20: “The baseball game and the carrot patch are at the same location” Given what we know so far, Carrot must be at the Farm, which rules out the Farm for the other vegetables.
36. Only one location is left open. Cabbage goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other vegetables.
37. Clue 22: “The cattle dog plays the clarinet” Given what we know so far, Clarinet must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other instruments.
38. Only one location is left open. Guitar goes at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other instruments.
39. Only one location is left open. Saxophone goes at the Lake, which rules out the Lake for the other instruments.
40. Only one location is left open. Tuba goes at the Park.
41. Clue 16: “The ice cream stand is next to the saxophone music” Given what we know so far, Ice Cream must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other junk food.
42. Only one location is left open. Hamburger goes at the Park.
43. Clue 18: “The garlic patch and the saxophone music are at most 2 locations apart” Given what we know so far, Garlic must be at the Beach, which rules out the Beach for the other vegetables.
44. Only one location is left open. Broccoli goes at the Park.
45. Clue 23: “The iris garden is left of the cabbage patch” Given what we know so far, Iris must be at the Trail, which rules out the Trail for the other flowers.
46. Only one location is left open. Dahlia goes at the Lake.
47. Clue 1: “The clarinet music is farther from the border collie than from the chrysanthemum garden” Given what we know so far, Border Collie must be at the Park, which rules out the Park for the other dogs.

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	Park1	Beach2	Trail3	Lake4	Snow5	Farm6
Dogs	Border Collie	Sheltie	Cattle Dog	Akita	Golden Retriever	Lab Mix
Flowers	Poppy	Chrysanthemum	Iris	Dahlia	Zinnia	Cosmo
Instruments	Tuba	Guitar	Clarinet	Saxophone	Flute	Piano
Junk Food	Hamburger	French Fries	Ice Cream	Hot Dog	Donut	Pizza
Sports	Puck	Soccer Ball	Football	Tennis Ball	Ping Pong	Baseball
Vegetables	Broccoli	Garlic	Turnip	Cabbage	Pepper	Carrot

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